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Defence solicitor Tudur Owen said Portelli had been the victim of a “sustained” attack in which he was punched and kicked.

He returned home to his flat to get the hammer and during a subsequent struggle in a car park a lock knife fell from his pocket, the court heard

The prosecution said Portelli had been outside with his cat waiting for a woman to deliver his cannabis. He went home for the hammer to protect himself after being mocked and didn’t seem to think there was anything wrong with his actions, it was alleged.